Thread by @onmyway133

Do you plan to get started in Mac development, especially with SwiftUI?

I'm by no mean Mac expert, but I've made quite a few Mac apps and I've bookmarked some useful resources and tools along the way.

Since many have asked me for recommendation, here is the list 🧵👇

🖥 First of all, how is macOS different from other platforms like iOS, tvOS and watchOS?

Each device has different capabilities and is meant for different purposes.

The Mac is:
- Flexible
- Focused
- Expensive
- Capable

🖥 Human Interface Guidelines

The above 4 points are the distinct theme of Mac, and is from the Human Interface Guidelines, or HIG for short.

Be sure to check it to learn more about macOS design decisions. developer.apple.com/design/human-i…

🖥 Creating a macOS app with SwiftUI, by Apple

This is a must read if you want to get started with creating your first macOS app in SwiftUI. Learn how easy it is to make Window, Menu and Preferences panel. developer.apple.com/tutorials/swif…

🖥 SwiftUI on the Mac: Build the fundamentals

There's dedicated session for SwiftUI on Mac at WWDC 2021. Let's explore four principles all great Mac apps have in common, and learn how to apply those principles in practice using SwiftUI.

developer.apple.com/videos/play/ww…

🖥 AppKit is done

Great article by @a_grebenyuk how SwiftUI makes it easier to make apps compared to plain AppKit. To learn more you can also check out his open source apps Pulse github.com/kean/Pulse

kean.blog/post/appkit-is…

🖥 F*** NSImage Syntax

Before you reinvent images that match with the system, check out existing NSImage that are used by system apps and are already familiar to users.

Used in NSImage.imageNamed hetima.github.io/fucking_nsimag…

🖥 Mac Developer blogs

Some of my favorite Mac development blogs

- troz.net/tags/mac/ by @trozware
- onmyway133.com/tags/macos/ by @onmyway133
- rambo.codes by @_inside

🖥 Back to the Mac conference

You can find here many inspiring talks from your favorite Mac apps makers. Learn how to make apps with SwiftUI, search, understanding app bundle. @backtomac youtube.com/c/BacktotheMac…

🖥 Human Interface Guidelines Extra

An attempt to document the best conventions and patterns in the community.

github.com/sindresorhus/h…

🖥 macOS Icons

Very cool project by @elrumo that showcase over 8000 beautiful designed Mac app icons, you can find great inspiration from here.

There's also macosicongallery.com

macosicons.com

🖥 What 's new in macOS 11 Big Sur

Not least, macOS is continuously involved every year, and some major version like 11.0 brings completely new look to the Mac.

Be sure to check the improvements so you bring new experience to users. developer.apple.com/design/human-i…

🖥 Big Sur Icons

I came across this interesting project by @nunosans, which is clever way to update favorite Mac app icons to the latest visual style of macOS Big Sur

bigsuricons.com

🖥 Distributing software on macOS

There's more to Mac than iOS, from Notarizing, Harden Runtime, Sandboxed to distribution with AppStore and outside Appstore.

developer.apple.com/macos/distribu…

What else do I miss? Would love more suggestions to learn more about Mac development

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